lr64
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If it's not hideously expensive, I should think silk would be a superior material. Strong, with some give to it, and reasonably temperature resistant. Before synthetics, I think the best rope used to be made from hemp. I don't know if anyone makes suitable webbing, rope, etc. from those materials. You might have to be a bit flexible as to what form your cord takes. It's probably a good idea to test the strength.Went trawling the interweb for organic material 25mm/1 inch tubular webbing, e.g. cotton webbing, of sufficient strength for the 13kg/28lbs level 3 build project. If the strength of the material is sufficient, Id like to consider organic options before falling back to the safe bet of 38mm and 25mm tubular nylon.
Not found anything yet worth pressing the "Buy" button on. Sent an email to two providers asking them to provide strength/breaking strain figures for their 25mm product. https://www.vardhman.com.au/cotton-webbing-natural-25mm-x-50m
Any thoughts folks?
I wonder if you don't have something indigenous to your area that I've never heard of.